Grand Mantis

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Grand Mantis
(グランデアーロ, Gurandeāro?)
Gameplay details
Location(s)	Deling City Sewers Centra - Serengetti Plains Centra - Lenown Plains (Forest)
Type	Normal enemy
Data	Stats

Grand Mantis is an enemy in Final Fantasy VIII.

In its artwork it is referred to as "Ground Lobster", although the accompanying Japanese itself would translate to "Grand Lobster" (グランドロブスター, Gurando Robustā?).

Stats

Ultimania #
#046 ←
#047
→ #048
Classification
Location	Deling City Sewers Centra - Serengetti Plains Centra - Lenown Plains (Forest)
Class	None
Scan	Used to live in water, but now lives above ground. Skewers enemies with its large claws and causes major damage.
AP	4
Card drop (3.5%)	Grand Mantis
Card	Grand Mantis (93.7%) BGH251F2 (6.3%)
Elemental affinities
Fire	100%
Fire	100%
Thunder	200%
Thunder	200%
Ice	200%
Ice	200%
Water	50%
Water	50%
Wind	100%
Wind	100%
Earth	100%
Earth	100%
Poison	100%
Poison	100%
Holy	100%
Holy	100%
Damage	100%
Ground	Damage
Gravity	Damage
Statuses and resistances
Death	30%
Death	30%
Poison	20%
Poison	20%
Petrify	30%
Petrify	30%
Blind	Immune
Blind	Immune
Silence	20%
Silence	20%
Berserk	40%
Berserk	40%
Zombie	30%
Zombie	30%
Sleep	20%
Sleep	20%
Haste	0%
Haste	0%
Slow	10%
Slow	10%
Stop	50%
Stop	50%
Regen	0%
Regen	0%
Reflect	0%
Reflect	0%
Doom	20%
Doom	20%
Petrifying	30%
Petrifying	30%
Float	0%
Float	0%
Drain	0%
Drain	0%
Confuse	40%
Confuse	40%
Eject	20%
Eject	20%
Card	0%
Card	0%
LV Up	0%
LV Up	0%
LV Down	0%
LV Down	0%
The End	0%
The End	0%
Level 1 - 19
Mug (50%)	Sharp Spike x2 (100%)
Item drop (50%)	Normal rates: Sharp Spike (69.53%) Sharp Spike x2 (19.92%) Curse Spike (5.85%) Water Crystal (4.68%) Rare Item equipped: Sharp Spike (50%) Sharp Spike x2 (44.53%) Curse Spike (5.46%)
Draw	Water Esuna
Devour	Delicious!!!
Abilities	Melting Bubbles, Super Arm, Claw Strike
Other information	None
Level 20 - 29
Mug (50%)	Sharp Spike x4 (100%)
Item drop (50%)	Normal rates: Sharp Spike x3 (69.53%) Sharp Spike x4 (19.92%) Curse Spike x2 (5.85%) Water Crystal x2 (4.68%) Rare Item equipped: Sharp Spike x3 (50%) Sharp Spike x4 (44.53%) Curse Spike x2 (5.46%)
Draw	Water Esuna
Devour	Delicious!!!
Abilities	Melting Bubbles, Super Arm, Claw Strike
Other information	None
Level 30 - 100
Mug (50%)	Sharp Spike x8 (100%)
Item drop (50%)	Normal rates: Sharp Spike x6 (69.53%) Water Crystal x2 (19.92%) Water Crystal x3 (5.85%) Water Crystal x4 (4.68%) Rare Item equipped: Sharp Spike x6 (50%) Water Crystal x2 (44.53%) Water Crystal x3 (5.46%)
Draw	Water Esuna Life
Devour	Delicious!!!
Abilities	Melting Bubbles, Super Arm, Claw Strike
Other information	None
Stats
Lv HP STR MAG VIT SPR SPD EVA EXP 1 5213 8 2 150 2 3 0 80 2 5228 9 2 150 2 3 0 100 3 5244 10 2 150 3 3 0 120 4 5262 11 2 151 3 3 0 140 5 5281 12 2 151 4 4 0 160 6 5301 13 3 151 4 4 0 180 7 5322 14 3 151 5 4 0 200 8 5345 15 3 152 5 4 0 220 9 5369 16 3 152 6 4 0 240 10 5395 18 3 152 6 4 0 260 11 5421 19 3 152 7 4 0 280 12 5449 20 4 153 7 4 0 300 13 5478 20 4 153 8 4 0 320 14 5509 21 4 153 8 4 1 340 15 5541 23 4 153 9 5 1 360 16 5574 24 4 154 9 5 1 380 17 5608 25 4 154 10 5 1 400 18 5644 25 5 154 10 5 1 420 19 5681 26 5 154 11 5 1 440 20 5720 28 5 155 12 5 1 460 21 5759 29 5 155 13 5 1 480 22 5800 29 5 155 13 5 1 500 23 5842 30 5 155 14 5 1 520 24 5886 31 5 156 14 5 1 540 25 5931 33 5 156 15 6 1 560 26 5977 33 6 156 15 6 1 580 27 6024 34 6 156 16 6 1 600 28 6073 35 6 157 16 6 1 620 29 6123 36 6 157 17 6 1 640 30 6175 37 6 157 17 6 1 660 31 6227 38 6 157 18 6 1 680 32 6281 39 6 158 18 6 1 700 33 6336 40 6 158 19 6 1 720 34 6393 41 7 158 19 6 1 740 35 6451 42 7 158 20 7 1 760 36 6510 43 7 159 20 7 1 780 37 6570 44 7 159 21 7 1 800 38 6632 45 7 159 21 7 1 820 39 6695 46 7 159 22 7 1 840 40 6760 47 7 160 23 7 1 860 41 6825 48 7 160 24 7 1 880 42 6892 48 8 160 24 7 2 900 43 6960 49 8 160 25 7 2 920 44 7030 50 8 161 25 7 2 940 45 7101 51 8 161 26 8 2 960 46 7173 52 8 161 26 8 2 980 47 7246 53 8 161 27 8 2 1000 48 7321 54 9 162 27 8 2 1020 49 7397 55 9 162 28 8 2 1040 50 7475 56 9 162 28 8 2 1060 51 7553 57 9 162 29 8 2 1080 52 7633 58 9 163 29 8 2 1100 53 7714 58 9 163 30 8 2 1120 54 7797 59 9 163 30 8 2 1140 55 7881 60 9 163 31 9 2 1160 56 7966 61 9 164 31 9 2 1180 57 8052 62 9 164 32 9 2 1200 58 8140 63 10 164 32 9 2 1220 59 8229 64 10 164 33 9 2 1240 60 8320 65 10 165 34 9 2 1260 61 8411 65 10 165 35 9 2 1280 62 8504 66 10 165 35 9 2 1300 63 8598 67 10 165 36 9 2 1320 64 8694 68 10 166 36 9 2 1340 65 8791 69 10 166 37 10 2 1360 66 8889 70 11 166 37 10 2 1380 67 8988 70 11 166 38 10 2 1400 68 9089 71 11 167 38 10 2 1420 69 9191 72 11 167 39 10 2 1440 70 9295 73 11 167 39 10 3 1460 71 9399 74 11 167 40 10 3 1480 72 9505 75 11 168 40 10 3 1500 73 9612 75 11 168 41 10 3 1520 74 9721 76 11 168 41 10 3 1540 75 9831 77 11 168 42 11 3 1560 76 9942 78 11 169 42 11 3 1580 77 10054 79 11 169 43 11 3 1600 78 10168 79 12 169 43 11 3 1620 79 10283 80 12 169 44 11 3 1640 80 10400 81 12 170 45 11 3 1660 81 10517 82 12 170 46 11 3 1680 82 10636 83 12 170 46 11 3 1700 83 10756 83 12 170 47 11 3 1720 84 10878 84 12 171 47 11 3 1740 85 11001 85 12 171 48 12 3 1760 86 11125 86 12 171 48 12 3 1780 87 11250 87 12 171 49 12 3 1800 88 11377 87 12 172 49 12 3 1820 89 11505 88 12 172 50 12 3 1840 90 11635 89 13 172 50 12 3 1860 91 11765 90 13 172 51 12 3 1880 92 11897 91 13 173 51 12 3 1900 93 12030 91 13 173 52 12 3 1920 94 12165 92 13 173 52 12 3 1940 95 12301 93 13 173 53 13 3 1960 96 12438 94 13 174 53 13 3 1980 97 12576 94 13 174 54 13 3 2000 98 12716 95 13 174 54 13 4 2020 99 12857 96 13 174 55 13 4 2040 100 13000 97 13 175 56 13 4 2060
Stat formula
HP	0.65(Lv)² + 13(Lv) + 5200
STR	([4(Lv)] + [(Lv) / 5] - [(Lv)² / 160] + 30) / 4
MAG	([0.5(Lv)] + [(Lv) / 6] - [(Lv)² / 500] + 8) / 4
VIT	((Lv) / 4) + 150
SPR	((Lv) / 20) - [(Lv) / 2] + (Lv) + 1
SPD	((Lv) / 5) - [(Lv) / 10] + 3
EVA	((Lv) / 14) - [(Lv) / 28]
EXP	20(Lv)² + 60

Battle

Grand Mantis always scores a critical hit with its Super Arm. It'll also try to inflict Silence with Melting Bubbles.

Strategy

With its high HP and Vitality, this beast can be hard to bring down without magic. The player can protect the party against Silence for an easier battle.

Triple Triad

Grand Mantis Card
	Element	None
	Refine	1 refines into 1 Sharp Spike
	Drop	Grand Mantis
	Card	Grand Mantis
Level 2 (Monster Card)	Win	N/A

Other appearances

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Gallery

Concept art.

Colored concept art.

Melting Bubbles.

Super Arm.

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Mantises is an order of insects that contains over 2,400 species and about 430 genera in 15 families worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. Most are in the family Mantidae. A common name, often applied to any species in the order, is "praying mantis" due to the typical "prayer-like" posture with folded fore-limbs, although the eggcorn "preying mantis" is sometimes used in reference to their predatory habits. In Europe and other regions, however, the name "praying mantis" refers to only a single species, Mantis religiosa.

The enemy's Japanese name may reference the Devil Crab from Final Fantasy V who is known as Dearo (デアロ?) in Japanese, while Grand Mantis's name is a portmanteau of "grand" (グランド, gurando?) and Deāro (デアーロ?).